Quote #35
The perception of beauty is a moral test.
More from Henry David Thoreau
- The bluebird carries the sky on his back.
- The youth gets together his materials to build a bridge to the moon, or, perchance, a palace or temple on the earth, and, at length, the mi…
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- Every poet has trembled on the verge of science.
- How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.
- Fire is the most tolerable third party.
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- Some circumstantial evidence is very strong, as when you find a trout in the milk.